Novel antibiotic-free plasmid selection system based on complementation of host auxotrophy in the NAD de novo synthesis pathway

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2295-2303

  Dong, Wei Ren ^a,b   Xiang, Li Xin ^a,b   Shao, Jian Zhong ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; AUXOTROPHY; COMPLEMENTATION; DE NOVO SYNTHESIS; DNA VACCINE; E. COLI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST CELLS; NON-ANTIBIOTIC SELECTION; NOVEL ANTIBIOTICS; PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; RESISTANCE GENES; SELECTION SYSTEMS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MAMMALS; VACCINES;

GENE THERAPY;

NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOSAFETY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DNA; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOST; PLASMID; VACCINE; VERTEBRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; PLASMID;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; NAD; PLASMIDS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77950275418     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02462-09     Document Type: Article

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